A few months ago, I was taking a “mental health” day, yes we all need one of those every once in a while. For those of you who are not familiar with the concept, it is even more important in this day and age. We are constantly ON... on our [...]
Wow.. another amazing STEM leader just lost her mother. She said that she was not sure what the actual underlying cause was for her illness. Her mother had been sick for a few years. She was fortunate that she was living close to her and other siblings were also in [...]
Being resilient in STEM is a combination of being resilient in our personal and our professional lives. I recently did a workshop with a group of women STEM faculty and graduate students. When I asked them to define their dream, legacy and their challenges, some of them asked me to [...]
Microaggressions are actions that people take that can cause you to question the essence of who you are and what you are doing. The actions are often subtle, quietly eroding the forward movement in your career confidence. The official definition of micro-aggression is “a comment or action that subtly and often [...]
What does it mean to stay in the game? What does it mean to be at the table? Are they the same thing or do they conjure up different perspectives or thoughts in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) realm? One could argue that if you are playing a “table-based” [...]
